Deadline: 30 September 2016
The New India Foundation is seeking applicants for the eighth round of its New India Fellowships in order to award scholars and writers working on different aspects of the history of independent India.
Candidates for the New India Fellowship are sought through select advertising in leading journals.
Benefit
Fellows are paid Rs. 100,000 a month.
Duration
The duration of the fellowships is twelve months.
Eligibility Criteria
- The New India Fellowships are open only to Indian nationals, including those currently living abroad. Fellowship holders are expected to write original books.
- Their proposals should be oriented towards final publication, and outline a road map towards that destination.
- The Foundation is ecumenical as regards genre, theme, and ideology: the only requirement is that the proposed works contribute to the fuller understanding of independent India.
- Thus Fellowship holders may choose to write a memoir, or a work of reportage, or a thickly footnoted academic study.
- Their books could be oriented towards economics, or politics, or culture.
- They could be highly specific-an account of a single decade or a single region-or wide-ranging, such as a countrywide overview.
How to Apply
Applicants are expected to submit their CV with contact details (email ID mandatory) Book proposal Writing sample of at least 5000 words (published or unpublished) via given website.
Eligible Country: India
For more information, please visit New India Fellowships.